Kibakichi 2: Technical Notes

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Kibakichi 2
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The DVD: MTI

Picture: Non-Anamorphic Widescreen. Being a direct-to-video production, I'm not surprised at the lack of an anamorphic image. We'll give them a little leeway in that area. It is a low budget film. Most of the locations are stage settings, old school crude (but kinda' charming), a single tree, some brush, and a sky backdrop. So, the majority of the image limitations stem from actual production, an ill-photographed bit here and there, low contrast and color quality, a handful of scenes swamped in grain.

Sound: Japanese or English language Dolby 2.0 Stereo tracks, with optional English or Spanish subtitles. Again pretty decent tracks considering the low budget of the productions. Typical action fantasy fx, clanging, slashing swords, a werewolf growl or a monsters howl, and, of course, Mr. Dougan's deep, reverb drenched voice. I caught two or three instances of grammatical errors in the subs, like ?Men are idiot.? The English dub was done by actors who seem to be trying terribly hard to feign energy and enthusiasm for the material.

Extras: Trailers.— Making of Kibakichi 2 Featurette (60:17). Nearly as long as the actual film, I almost had more fun watching the featurette than the movie. You see the actors in rehearsal (there was a rehearsal???), getting wardrobe tests, on location, goofing off, giving on set interviews.

Conclusion: ...The DVD presentation is a fine enough disc, but I don't see this film getting many replays, so cheeseball fantasy action fans will want to hold off and save it for a rental.




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